Essex waste incinerator ‘better for climate than landfill’
John Fairhall/BBC The incinerator was first given planning permission in 2010 A new £600m incinerator will be better for the environment than sending waste to landfill, the company building it has claimed, as construction continues. The plant at Rivenhall, near Braintree, Essex, will generate electricity by burning unrecyclable waste from 2025. Campaigners are concerned about […]
Fishers protest over more development
BBC Protesters against further development at the Teesworks site gathered there on Wednesday Fishers and campaigners have protested against further developments on the River Tees after crustacean deaths off the North East and Yorkshire coasts. However, the government and Tees Valley Combined Authority reject that claim. However, it has since established an independent panel of […]
New police CCTV use rules criticised as bare bones
Getty Images A proposed code of practice covering police use of live facial recognition in England and Wales has been criticised by human rights groups. Live facial-recognition systems compare faces captured on closed-circuit television with those on a watch-list, alerting officers to a match. Former CCTV watchdog Tony Porter said the new rules were “bare […]
Neighbours star Ian Smith reveals he has terminal cancer
Getty Images Neighbours actor Ian Smith, who plays Harold Bishop on the Australian soap, has announced he is leaving the show after revealing he has terminal cancer. The 86-year-old told Australia’s 10 News First programme he had pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma, a rare form of lung cancer. “I found out a few months back that I […]
The family that froze to death a world away from home
BBC The night Vaishaliben Patel, her husband Jagdish and their two children set out for the US-Canadian border they dressed in new heavy winter coats and snow boots. Temperatures where they walked, in Emerson, Manitoba, had dropped more than 35 degrees Celsius below freezing. The young family had probably never experienced temperatures that low before. […]
Coventry schoolboy stars in CBeebies programme
An eight-year-old boy from Earlsdon, is starring in the CBeebies programme, I Can Do It, You Can Too. The show, which sees children pass on a skill they have learnt to other children, was Caleb’s first television appearance. In the episode, avid squash player Zoya taught him how to play the sport. Caleb said he […]
Travellers ‘devastated’ over French restrictions
BBC Anna Baldwin wanted to take her two boys to Disneyland as a Christmas surprise The BBC talked to holidaymakers and hoteliers about the effects the tighter restrictions will have on them. Mum of two Anna Baldwin had planned to take her two boys to Disneyland as a Christmas surprise. “I’m very upset about the […]
Brain implants help paralysed man to walk again
Watch Gert-Jan Oskam walk again A paralysed man has been able to walk simply by thinking about it thanks to electronic brain implants, a medical first he says has changed his life. Gert-Jan Oskam, a 40-year-old Dutch man, was paralysed in a cycling accident 12 years ago. The electronic implants wirelessly transmit his thoughts to […]
Peaky Blinders movie spotted filming in Wrexham
Richard Lewis Peaky Blinders star Cillian Murphy was spotted on set in Wrexham The upcoming Peaky Blinders movie has begun filming in north Wales, with Hollywood star Cillian Murphy spotted on set. The Oscar-winning actor returns to the role of Tommy Shelby for the upcoming Peaky Blinders film – a continuation of the hit crime […]
Objections to pylons plan for ‘Sunset Song’ land
Kris Miller Locals in the Mearns area are objecting about the potential impact on the environment Campaigners are fighting plans to build pylons through the landscape at the heart of the classic novel Sunset Song. SSEN is consulting on the development of its East Coast 400kV project which is set to feature overhead lines between […]